Telangana High Court
When Will Local Body Elections Be Conducted, Telangana High Court Asks Panchayat Raj Department
The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the State Election Commission and Panchayat Raj Department on a PIL to conduct local body elections in the state.The bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N.Tukaramji asked the Panchayat Raj Department to apprise the court as to when elections to the local bodies of Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad and Gram Panchayat in the State of...
Telangana BRS MLAs Poaching Case : Supreme Court Asks State Police Also To Not Continue Investigation Against BJP
A few days after the Supreme Court of India cautioned the Central Bureau of Investigation to not continue an investigation into an alleged conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party to poach Telangana's Bharati Rashtra Samiti legislators, a division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh on Friday gave the same warning to the Telangana police. The division bench was hearing the...
Revisional Court Cannot Set Aside Findings Of Facts Recorded By Lower Court And Substitute Its Own Findings: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court on Monday reiterated that the revisional Court has no jurisdiction to set aside the findings of facts recorded by a subordinate Court and substitute its own findings.A single bench of Justice Juvvadi Sridevi said revisional Court has to confine itself to the legality and propriety of the findings of the subordinate Court as to whether the subordinate Court acted...
Once Decision Is Made In A S. 34 Application, Court Has No Power To Remit Matter To Arbitrator: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has ruled that once a decision is made in an application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), the Court has no power to remit the matter back to the Arbitrator under Section 34(4). The bench of Justices P. Naveen Rao and J. Sreenivas Rao observed that since the Arbitrator had failed to frame an issue on...
Arbitration Under Section 42 Of Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 Would Override A Contractual Arbitration Clause: Telangana High Court
The High Court of Telangana has held that arbitration under Section 42 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 would override a contractual arbitration clause entered into between the parties. The bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan held that Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 is a special legislation and Sections 42 and 51 of the Act gives it an overriding act over other acts and...
Have Theatres Passed On Benefit Of Entertainment Tax Exemption To Cinema Goers? Supreme Court Asks HC To Decide
The Supreme Court recently remitted back a matter to the Telangana High Court to consider whether private theatre owners who availed an exemption to pay entertainment tax in the State have granted the benefit to the movie goers or not.The Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices P Narasimha and JB Pardiwala was considering a challenge against a judgement of the High Court passed...
Telangana High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Khadeer's Custodial Death Case
The Telangana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of custodial death of 35 years old Mohammed Khadeer, a daily wager, held by the Police over a chain-snatching case in Medak district.The matter is listed before a bench comprising of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji today.The court has initiated the proceedings based on a report published by the Indian Express Daily, as...
NEET : Telangana High Court Refuses To Entertain Request To Postpone NEET-PG, NEET-MDS Exams; Allows Students To Give Representation
The Telangana High Court has refused to entertain a request to postpone the NEET PG and NEET MDS exams, which are scheduled in the first week of March, by 3 months. The Court noted that the dates for the exams were finalised six months ago and they are to be conducted on an all India basis. Hence, the Court opined that postponement of the exams may not be feasible. However, the Court...
Telangana HC Directs State Govt To Hold Republic Day Celebrations As Per Centre's Guidelines
The High Court of Telangana on Wednesday passed an interim order directing the state government to conduct Republic Day celebrations tomorrow as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Republic Day being a National Festival, has to be celebrated with national fervor, grandeur, gaiety and enthusiasm, the Court observed.The directions were passed by a bench comprising Justice...
If Police Files Memo To Array A Person As Accused, Court Can Examine Sufficiency Of Material And Refuse Permission: Telangana High Court
In a recent decision, the Telangana High Court held that the Trial Court is justified in examining whether there is sufficient material to array accused persons when a memo/petition is filed by the Police during investigation intimating the Court about its intention to array such persons. Single bench of Dr. Justice D. Nargarjun observed,"Fastening of criminal liability against any...
Search And Seizure Of Cash And Jewellery By ED Without Recording The ‘Reasons To Believe’: Telangana High Court Quashes Seizure
The Telangana High Court has set aside the search and seizure of cash and jewellery by ED as it was done without recording the "reasons to believe."The single bench of Justice K. Sarath has observed that the Additional Director of the Enforcement Directorate without recording the "reasons to believe" issued a search warrant/authorisation to his subordinates.The Deputy Director of the...
Subsumption Of Service Tax Will Not Absolve Liability To Pay GST If Service Tax Was Agreed To Be Paid In Agreement : Telangana High Court
In a Writ Petition, the Telangana High Court ordered that the Petitioner is liable to pay the GST on the license fee in place of service tax as the Petitioner was paying service tax separately under the terms of Deed of License. The petitioner was granted license by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation to set up business for running popcorn stall on payment of agreed...
